"Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ethiopia: Gains and Reflections Over the Past Two Decades," a new article co-authored by PSTC Sociologist David Lindstrom, recent PhD in Epidemiology at the Brown School of Public Health Ida Sahlu, Professor of Human Nutrition at Jimma University Tefera Belachew, and Epidemiologist at Jimma University Mulusew Gerbaba, found that Ethiopian youth who develop high career expectations in early adolescence are more likely to delay first sex, a key predictor of age at first marriage for young women. 

The article was published in a special issue of the journal Reproductive Health BMC focused on reproductive and sexual health in Ethiopia. In coordination with the journal’s release, these critical findings were presented in a June 14th dissemination meeting and webinar in which the Ethiopian Minister of Health H.E Dr. Lia Tadesse and the Director of Maternal Health and Child Nutrition Dr. Meseret Zelalem spoke to the importance of these findings for government policy formation.